STERIGMA


Meaning of STERIGMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stə-ˈrig-mə ]

noun

( plural ste·rig·ma·ta -mə-tə ; also -mas )

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stērigma support, from stērizein to prop; perhaps akin to Greek stereos solid — more at stare

Date: 1874

: one of the slender stalks at the top of the basidium of some fungi from the tips of which the basidiospores are formed ; broadly : a stalk or filament that bears conidia or spermatia

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.